{"id":16371,"date":"2015-02-28T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/?p=16371"},"modified":"2015-02-28T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:00:28","slug":"authors-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/2015\/02\/28\/authors-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Oregon&#8217;s Black History ~ Authors Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/files\/2015\/02\/2015-02-21-PDXevent.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16373\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/files\/2015\/02\/2015-02-21-PDXevent.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"556\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/2015-02-21-PDXevent.jpg 556w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/2015-02-21-PDXevent-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 556px) 100vw, 556px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As part of Black History Month the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonblackpioneers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Oregon Black Pioneers <\/a>hosted a authors forum featuring five scholars who have written books about\u00a0the histories of African Americans in\u00a0Oregon. The authors shared information about their research, answered audience questions, and\u00a0made their books available for purchase.\u00a0All of the authors commented on these five books being written within the last few years and noted the significance of archives and libraries in their facilitating their research process!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a05 Authors and Books Featured Were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Red, White, and Black:\u00a0A True Story of Race and Rodeo <\/em>by Rick Steber<\/li>\n<li><em>Breaking Chains: Slavery on Trial in the Oregon Territory<\/em> by Gregory Nokes<\/li>\n<li><em>A Light in the Wilderness<\/em> by Jane Kirkpatrick<\/li>\n<li><em>Images of America: African Americans of Portland<\/em> by Kimberly Moreland<\/li>\n<li><em>Perseverance: A History of African Americans in Oregon&#8217;s Marion and Polk Counties\u00a0<\/em>by Gwen Carr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be sure to check these out and learn about Oregon&#8217;s diverse history!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/oregonmulticulturalarchives\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16383 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.library.oregonstate.edu\/oregon-multicultural-archives\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum-1024x557.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum-1024x557.png 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum-768x418.png 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum-624x340.png 624w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3293\/files\/2015\/02\/20150221-AuthorsForum.png 1073w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> Authors (left to right): Rick Steber, Gregory Nokes, Jane Kirkpatrick, Kimberly Moreland, &amp; Gwen Carr with Willie Richardson (standing)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of Black History Month the Oregon Black Pioneers hosted a authors forum featuring five scholars who have written books about\u00a0the histories of African Americans in\u00a0Oregon. 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